1881 census county

Lancashire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lancashire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

24,168 surnames are listed for Lancashire, covering 3,135,361 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Cragg, with 550 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lancashire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1001	Cragg	550	0.020%	2.50x
1002	Peet	550	0.020%	3.00x
1003	Sharpe	550	0.020%	0.54x
1004	Bleakley	549	0.020%	7.53x
1005	Christian	549	0.020%	1.60x
1006	Cosgrove	549	0.020%	3.25x
1007	Whatmough	549	0.020%	7.47x
1008	Liptrot	548	0.020%	8.00x
1009	Gledhill	547	0.020%	1.06x
1010	Hickey	547	0.020%	2.53x
1011	Mulligan	547	0.020%	2.82x
1012	Glynn	545	0.020%	3.56x
1013	Wynne	545	0.020%	1.63x
1014	Burrow	544	0.020%	2.29x
1015	Flitcroft	544	0.020%	8.09x
1016	Settle	544	0.020%	4.57x
1017	Mullin	543	0.020%	3.49x
1018	Currie	542	0.020%	0.56x
1019	Jameson	542	0.020%	1.41x
1020	Redmond	542	0.020%	4.28x
1021	Pope	541	0.020%	0.45x
1022	Shannon	541	0.020%	2.02x
1023	Fagan	540	0.020%	3.27x
1024	Finney	540	0.020%	1.80x
1025	Newall	539	0.020%	2.71x
1026	Walls	539	0.020%	1.29x
1027	Cummings	538	0.020%	1.01x
1028	Chamberlain	537	0.020%	0.57x
1029	Horne	537	0.020%	0.71x
1030	Priestley	537	0.020%	0.92x
1031	Bostock	536	0.020%	1.65x
1032	Robson	536	0.020%	0.23x
1033	Spence	535	0.020%	0.47x
1034	Jolley	534	0.020%	2.92x
1035	Stokes	533	0.020%	0.36x
1036	Addison	532	0.020%	1.11x
1037	Allison	532	0.020%	0.54x
1038	Caton	532	0.020%	3.20x
1039	Stuttard	532	0.020%	7.03x
1040	Brook	531	0.020%	0.40x
1041	Hollingworth	531	0.020%	1.90x
1042	Leatherbarrow	531	0.020%	7.33x
1043	Sefton	531	0.020%	4.66x
1044	Bruce	530	0.020%	0.33x
1045	Cave	530	0.020%	1.07x
1046	Eddleston	530	0.020%	7.96x
1047	Fryer	530	0.020%	0.82x
1048	Gillibrand	530	0.020%	7.53x
1049	Hollows	529	0.020%	7.80x
1050	Pierce	529	0.020%	1.04x
1051	Reilly	528	0.020%	1.43x
1052	Midgley	527	0.020%	1.13x
1053	Connelly	526	0.020%	1.63x
1054	Gannon	526	0.020%	3.51x
1055	Chester	525	0.020%	1.24x
1056	Nichols	525	0.020%	0.46x
1057	Grady	524	0.020%	2.29x
1058	Silcock	524	0.020%	3.61x
1059	Abram	523	0.020%	4.20x
1060	Arkwright	523	0.020%	6.42x
1061	Tunstall	523	0.020%	2.84x
1062	Heathcote	522	0.020%	1.87x
1063	Miles	519	0.020%	0.25x
1064	Eden	518	0.010%	1.47x
1065	Manley	517	0.010%	1.33x
1066	Dawber	516	0.010%	6.71x
1067	Harker	516	0.010%	1.41x
1068	Rayner	516	0.010%	0.60x
1069	Senior	516	0.010%	0.65x
1070	Hankinson	515	0.010%	4.52x
1071	Keenan	515	0.010%	1.75x
1072	Mayoh	515	0.010%	8.41x
1073	Horsfield	514	0.010%	2.21x
1074	Bishop	513	0.010%	0.21x
1075	Coyne	513	0.010%	2.80x
1076	Croston	513	0.010%	7.80x
1077	Leadbetter	513	0.010%	2.86x
1078	Carruthers	512	0.010%	1.12x
1079	Duggan	511	0.010%	1.93x
1080	Rowley	511	0.010%	0.56x
1081	Dilworth	509	0.010%	5.10x
1082	Fildes	509	0.010%	6.12x
1083	Lightfoot	509	0.010%	1.06x
1084	Mayall	508	0.010%	4.82x
1085	Balshaw	507	0.010%	7.08x
1086	Ince	507	0.010%	2.94x
1087	Sandham	507	0.010%	5.69x
1088	Standing	507	0.010%	2.29x
1089	Irwin	506	0.010%	1.74x
1090	Watkins	506	0.010%	0.24x
1091	Alty	504	0.010%	7.93x
1092	Horner	504	0.010%	0.76x
1093	Pinder	504	0.010%	1.21x
1094	Dwyer	502	0.010%	2.58x
1095	Dyer	502	0.010%	0.37x
1096	Grey	502	0.010%	0.67x
1097	Backhouse	501	0.010%	1.94x
1098	Flood	501	0.010%	1.65x
1099	Roughley	501	0.010%	8.29x
1100	Bowman	500	0.010%	0.55x